I am not working today because I have had to finally purchase a new refrigerator. The large side-by- side which the previous owners purchased is not cooling all the time. Probably something with the thermostat, as I have to turn it to off then back on to encourage the compressor to come on!

Oh well, I have been in the house for 11 years and who knows how long ago the previous owners purchased it? It is way too large for a single person. I purchased a smaller refrigerator with an automatic ice maker and an Energy Star rating, too.

Since I am home and it’s is sunny and about 50f – out to the yard I go!

As I was collecting limbs and pinecones I came across some rabbit scat. I see the Eastern Cotton Tail almost daily. They love the thick shrubbery and tasty lawn grass and will nibble the liriope, too!

They sleep in a circle with their tails together. This is so they may make a quick escape but still keep each other warm!

Their night deposits are small piles of pellet-sized scat.

I know I have posted plenty pictures of the hellebores in the garden but they have bloomed all winter and are amazing!

I love the Hellebore photos! Here in the part of England where I come from, on Dartmoor, in Devon, they are only just starting to flower. I have had to completely rabbit-proof fence my garden. I was quite an investment, but it has so been worth it as there are so many rabbits in the fields around my land. I am going to follow your blog Arthur, because I am really interested in what gardening stories and experiences we might share in common and for the new things I might learn. Happy gardening!-Karen.